# From \_t cookie how to get the current user id?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/from--t-cookie-how-to-get-the-current-user-id/70220>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [Setembro 17, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/from--t-cookie-how-to-get-the-current-user-id/70220 "2017-09-17T13:54:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [Setembro 17, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/from--t-cookie-how-to-get-the-current-user-id/70220/2 "2017-09-17T17:51:16Z")

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Putting aside the part where this is a Bad Idea™ because eventually Discourse will update and this will break…

Are you sure you did that last step correctly? [https://play.golang.org/p/6bWfZ8uDX5](https://play.golang.org/p/6bWfZ8uDX5)

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